Advisors: See Faculty of Science, Academic Advisors.
This Academic Plan allows specialization in either biochemistry with a chemical emphasis, or biochemistry with a physiological, molecular biological or microbiological emphasis. The Academic Plan is also available in the Co-operative system of study.
Professional Standing: The Academic Plan in Biochemistry fulfills the academic requirements for professional membership in the Chemical Institute of Canada.
Continuation in Honours Biochemistry requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and cumulative averages of 60% in Chemistry courses and 60% in Biology courses.
In order to graduate in the Honours Biochemistry Academic Plan, the following requirements must be met:
- Successful completion of 23.0 units (including all required labs in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics).
- Mandatory courses as listed below.
- 7.0 units from recommended Years Three and Four electives.
- No more than 3.0 SCI-labelled units may be applied to the Academic Plan.
- Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement.
- For students studying in the co-op format, find detailed information on co-op program requirements in the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of the undergraduate calendar and in the Science department guidelines.
Note
Students intending to take the Biochemistry (Biotechnology Specialization) must take BIOL 241 in their 2B term.
Year One
BIOL 130/BIOL 130L Introductory Cell Biology/Cell Biology Laboratory
BIOL 239 Genetics
CHEM 101 Introduction to Biochemical Sciences
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 1
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
CHEM 140 Introduction to Scientific Calculations
PHYS 121/121L Mechanics/Mechanics Laboratory
or PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Laboratory
PHYS 112/PHYS 112L Physics 2/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
Free Elective (0.5 unit)
Year Two
0.5 unit from 200-level Biology courses. Note that BIOL 239, BIOL 240/BIOL 240L may not be used toward this requirement.
BIOL 240/BIOL 240L Fundamentals of Microbiology/Microbiology Lab
BIOL 309 Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Introductory Analytical Chemistry/Laboratory
CHEM 224L Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
CHEM 265/CHEM 265L Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
Year Three
BIOL 331 Advanced Cell Biology
CHEM 331 Fundamentals of Metabolism 1
CHEM 335L Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory
CHEM 357 Physical Biochemistry
CHEM 360/CHEM 360L Synthetic Organic Chemistry/Laboratory
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists
or MATH 228 Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry
Three Electives (1.5 units) from Group A, B and C
Free Elective (0.5 unit)
Note
Year Three and Four electives: 7.0 units from Groups A, B, and C, with at least 5.0 units from Groups A and B, of which not less than 4.0 units are from Group A; At least 1.5 units must be BIOL and 1.0 unit must be CHEM.
Year Four
Ten Electives (5.0 units) from Group A, B and C
Note
Year Three and Four electives: 7.0 units from Groups A, B, and C, with at least 5.0 units from Groups A and B, of which not less than 4.0 units are from Group A; At least 1.5 units must be BIOL and 1.0 unit must be CHEM.
Group A
BIOL 308, BIOL 335L, BIOL 342, BIOL 365, BIOL 382, BIOL 428, BIOL 431, BIOL 432, BIOL 433, BIOL 434, BIOL 438, BIOL 439, BIOL 441, BIOL 483, BIOL 486, BIOL 499A/BIOL 499B
CHEM 381, CHEM 430, CHEM 432, CHEM 433, CHEM 494A/CHEM 494B
Group B
BIOL 303, BIOL 323, BIOL 345, BIOL 354, BIOL 359, BIOL 370, BIOL 371, BIOL 373, BIOL 442, BIOL 443, BIOL 444, BIOL 447, BIOL 448, BIOL 473, BIOL 477L, BIOL 484
CHEM 221, CHEM 310, CHEM 313, CHEM 323, CHEM 404, CHEM 410, CHEM 420, CHEM 460, CHEM 464
Group C
Free electives (not more than 2.0 units)